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Manus
3 CÈ pieces since 1 May 2026: 1 deal, 2 essays. Newest first. All companies →
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Beijing can unwind a Singapore company's exit: Manus AI leaves Meta, $2B deal reversed
China's National Development and Reform Commission prohibited Meta's $2 billion purchase, which had closed in December 2025. Manus operates independently again and deletes data for users who registered on or after 29 December 2025.
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The four-person company that does thirty people’s work (and rents the difference)
The same subsidised AI operators are warned not to lean on is, from the founder’s chair, the thing that lets four people do the work of thirty; in a region that has always starved origin, that moves the binding constraint.
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The year the Singapore middle stopped working.
Beijing blocked the Meta-Manus acquisition this month. The architecture of cross-border AI deals built around Singapore neutrality is being read again, by founders who built around it.